A-maz-ing

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

This movie starts off with a cargo plane flying through a dangerous thunderstorm. Because of the turbulence a crate containing a very dangerous species of snake gets damaged which allows the snake to break out. Freed from its container it then proceeds to consume the occupants of the plane which then crashes in a remote part of the United States. From there on we learn that the snake is a hybrid created in Southeast Asia that has assimilated various abilities from other species and because of possible contamination by Agent Orange has grown to an enormous size and has an incredible destructive ability--and it has found a perfect venue for human flesh. Anyway, as far as the movie is concerned it had a good premise and contained a various amount of comedy, action and suspense. Unfortunately, none of these qualities were carried out to any great degree and in that regard I found the film to be somewhat unsuccessful. However, that's not to say that this movie has absolutely no entertainment value. It does to a limited degree. But it could have been much better. As such I rate it as slightly below average.

i'm totally in love with this actor...well when he was younger, he was hot, yeah. An a-hole in many movies...yeah. But why the f*** does a good actor like this get stuck with the same character roles, in the same movies with the SAME recurring actors...most of which are bad? Namely Antonio sabato jr. He was at least in 7 of these shitty "ufo" movies. It's such a low budget company...i never even knew about it till recently. I wonder who his agent is.I love how bad this movie was...especially the gross, unnecessary beginning. If you take out the poorly computerized snakes, and revamp the entire movie...including a different script, and better graphics, and put in some better actors leaving Robert englund, and zabka... then you might come out with a more successful film.Jenny mccarthy is not an actress to be taken seriously.

What could be the greatest feature of this movie? Could it be the creepy performance of Robert Englund (soon to be seen in Zombie Strippers)? He is always enjoyable.Could be be the wacky performance of Jenny McCarthy (soon to be seen in Wieners)? She just can't seem to keep her head on straight.Could it be the interruption of a lesbian camping trip by something long and mysterious? No, the best feature of this movie was the towel that Theresa (Sara Mornell) somehow got and wrapped around her after the Python did a Psycho and interrupted her shower. When baby shampoo and a rubber ducky didn't stop the snake, which no one else seemed to be able to escape. She manges to grab a towel and get it wrapped around her while the monster was attacking, get by the snake, run through the basement and the house, get in a car, drive speeding down the road with the snake on her tail, crash the car and run into the rocks - and she never lost that towel! Other than that, it was pretty lame and predictable.

Python certainly isn't art, and it's not gonna win any awards. However, it IS a fun little movie for a night with some soda (or, if you're old enough, beer) and popcorn. The snake changes size many times, (at one point it hides in a garage behind some boxes, but he is then suddenly 15X the length of a car.)and even the marketing is messed up-the cover says it's "sixty feet of pure terror", but the scientist in the movie says it's 128 feet long. The acting isn't the greatest and the CGI is terrible (the snake's "acid" looks like expired Jell-O), but the movie is a good one to watch and let your brain go on autopilot. For B-Movie fans, or people who thought Anaconda didn't have enough stupid jokes, this one is an absolute must-see.